Category: Cost of Healthcare
A Mathematician Found a Way to Boost Hospital Efficiency, but Doctors Hated It
Back in the 1990s Ukrainian émigré, Eugene Litvak, began studying operations management in hospitals to figure out how to make them more efficient. Dr. Litvak, a mathematics PhD, found that random ER visits were not responsible for ER overcrowding, surgeries were.
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Asian patients were 13.3 percentage points more likely to have their claim denials reversed and Hispanic patients were 5.7 percent more likely than non-Hispanic Whites. AI program displays mathematical genius. “That’s frightening,” one mathematician said. HT: Tyler CBO: Immigration since 2021 has cost state and local governments $10.1billion. US R&D tax incentives: we are “roughly 20 percent…
Should Medical School Borrowing be Capped?
The Trump Administration has proposed limiting the amount of federally guaranteed graduate school debt students are allowed to borrow. Reform is certainly needed.